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Every year Awaken is the highlight of my year! Us ladies here in the Western Cape are fortunate to experience the Awaken Women’s Conference first every year. This year, once again, it was so beautiful. The theme of this years Awaken was a Beautiful Story. Everyone has a beautiful story to share. Life has it ups and downs it is what shapes us and make us who we are.

Worship is a lifestyle – it is everything you do. “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” John 8:7 (NKJV)
God wants to take our worship beyond a moment. God wants us to live in a place of worship.

It shall be well! “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV)

We heard stories of hope and of strength. What an amazing weekend of worship and fellowship.

Tonight I will be flying to Paris to run the Paris Marathon on Sunday the 12th of April 2015.

I want to raise money for a creche in Nzamo. As a good friend suggested I am doing this from this Paris Marathon until next year.

“Stable Ministries was founded in the Strand townships by Pastor Morris Van Zyl in 2003 for a group of Zimbabwean Christians who worked in his construction company, Van Zyl Builders. He bought a double stand in Nomzamo, Somerset West on which they eventually, after a lot of resistance from the community committee, built a church in 2010. The women in the church were looking for employment opportunities for themselves and started looking after babies at home. They identified the need for a Christian crèche in the community and Morris started it in the church-building with 6 children. When Morris passed away at the end of 2012 in a tragic work accident, Shofar Somerset West stepped in and took up his legacy. By then the crèche catered for 15 children. Kibwe Kids (sister NGO to Prochorus www.kibwekids.org) bought the property to ensure the continuation of the work started on the property. Prochorus was approached in 2013 and a donor, Secure Data erected two wooden structures (18m2 & 27m2) as permanent homes for the expanding crèche. The crèche caters for up to 25 children between the ages of 4 months and 6 years, on a daily basis with two full-time teachers looking after them from 7am to 6pm. The structures are used for educational purposes when outreaches are done in the community. Gerard Ter Haar is the liaison person for the growing Prochorus Somerset West.”

This morning I was busy working on something & I just remembered a campaign I worked on last year for Channel24.

Channel24 had a new section on their website & they asked us to design something different… I had a view ideas, but in the end they decided to go with the ‘jungle’ effect. Sometimes we as designers feel like we are completely losing it by changing and changing designs & the brief gets changes and so forth. So it was nice when we heard that the campaign did really well!

On Thursday (4 December 2014) I was driving to work on the N2. It was quite early the morning. I was not at work on Wednesday, because I had the so-called 24-hour tummy bug. I left a bit later than the previous mornings, because I was still feeling a bit lousy after the whole tummy bug story & was not going to run the morning before work. Just before the Vanguard drive off-ramp a mini bus taxi came past me in the bus lane. I remember thinking how fast must this guy be going, because I was going just over 120km/h, the next moment I saw a tyre with a piece of axle attached to it rolling down the off-ramp. I slowed down wondering where it was coming from and trying to see if there was an accident on the off-ramp. The next moment everyone in front of me started to break. Then once I got to the other side of the off-ramp I saw the same taxi on three wheels – back left wheel missing, on the right hand side of the N2?! The taxi’s axle must have broken, the wheel with part of the axle shot past me and the Yaris behind me (without us even seeing it) up the off-ramp and missed us! The taxi just carried on on three wheels and came to a stop on the right hand side of the N2, without anyone getting hurt!I am so thankful for God’s grace & protection!

All postcards are available in Afrikaans or English for R15 a postcard. (Excluding postal costs.) Please send me a message via the contact form or by clicking here.

Postcard #31:

365 Snailgram 1 May 2014

Bee on a Protea.

“For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He gave up His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:16 (AMP)

Postcard #32:

365 Snailgram 2 May 2014

Protea with raindrops.

“I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High!”
Psalm 9:6 (AMP)

Postcard #33:

365 Snailgram 3 May 2014

Windpump, Namaqualand.

“The Lord appeared from of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.”
Jeremiah 31:3 (AMP)

Postcard #34:

365 Snailgram 4 May 2014

Sarrisam, Namaqualand.

“We love Him, because He first loved us.”
Jeremiah 31:3 (AMP)

Postcard #35:

365 Snailgram 5 May 2014

Sunset, Strand, South Africa.

“Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God’s peace which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:6-7 (AMP)

Postcard #36:

365 Snailgram 6 May 2014

VW Beetle, Cape Town, South Africa.

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
Psalm 119:105 (AMP)

Postcard #37:

365 Snailgram 7 May 2014

Shadows

“Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.”
Ephesians 5:16 (AMP)

Postcard #38:

365 Snailgram 8 May 2014

Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch, South Africa

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills –
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.”
Psalms 121:1-2 (NKJV)

Postcard #39:

365 Snailgram 9 May 2014

Sunrise over Cape Town, South Africa

“Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy articles of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.” 1 Chronicles 22:19 (NKJV)

Postcard #40:

365 Snailgram 10 May 2014

Twelve Apostles at night, Cape Town, South Africa

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV)

Postcard #41:

365 Snailgram 11 May 2014

The Green Park, London

“For all flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers and the flower drops off, but the Word of the Lord endures forever. And this Word is the good news which was preached to you.” 1 Peter 1:24-25 (AMP)

Postcard #42:

365 Snailgram 12 May 2014

Sunset, Strand, South Africa

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV)

“And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulationproduces perseverance; and perseverance character; and character hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:3-5 (NKJV)

Postcard #45:

365 Snailgram 15 May 2014

On the top of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” 1 John 5:14-15 (NKJV)

Postcard #46:

365 Snailgram 16 May 2014

My aunts garden, Strand, South Africa

“to know tha love of Christ which passes the knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:19 (NKJV)

Postcard #47:

365 Snailgram 17 May 2014

Decor & light in a coffee shop, Cape Town, South Africa

“Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 (AMP)

Postcard #48:

365 Snailgram 18 May 2014

Kogel Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

“I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears;” Isaiah 38:5 (NKJ)

Postcard #49:

365 Snailgram 19 May 2014

Stony Point Penguin Colony, Betty’s Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

“For we take thought beforehand and aim to be honest and absolutely above suspicion, not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the sight of men.” 2 Corinthians 8:21 (AMP)

Postcard #50:

365 Snailgram 20 May 2014

Sunrise, Kogel Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

“”For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has become His counselor?”
“Or who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.”
Romans 11:33-36 (NKJV)

Postcard #51:

365 Snailgram 21 May 2014

Reflection, Riebeek Kasteel, Cape Town, South Africa

“I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another.” John 13:34 (AMP)

Postcard #52:

365 Snailgram 22 May 2014

Proteas, Cape Town, South Africa

“I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
For you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
Psalms 4:8 (NKJV)

Postcard #53:

365 Snailgram 23 May 2014

Lourensford, Somerset West, South Africa

“I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much fruit.”
John 15:5 (AMP)

Postcard #54:

365 Snailgram 24 May 2014

Protea, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Stellenbosch, South Africa

“He who earnestly seeks after and craves righteousness, mercy, and loving-kindness will find life in addition to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) and honor.” Proverbs 21:21 (AMP)

Postcard #55:

365 Snailgram 25 May 2014

Building in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa

“Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day, even the God Who is oursalvation! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! ”Psalm 68:19 (AMP)

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)

Postcard #59:

365 Snailgram 29 May 2014

“He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Psalms 91:2 (NKJV)

Postcard #60:

365 Snailgram 30 May 2014

Beautiful decor in a Coffee Shop, Bellville, South Africa

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” 1 Timothy 6:12 (NKJV)

Postcard #61:

365 Snailgram 31 May 2014

Madame Zingara, Theatre of Dreams, Century City, South Africa

“Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].” 1 Corinthians 13:7 (AMP)

After deciding to start this project I had such a big response that I am struggling a bit to keep up with the postcards, but it is so much fun. I really hope that the people who receive the postcards are also enjoying them! (Please leave a comment below if you have received a postcard & let me know what you thought of your postcard!)

Here are all the postcards I did in April:

365 Snailgram April 2014

All postcards are available in Afrikaans or English for R15 a postcard. (Excluding postal costs.) Please send me a message via the contact form.

Postcard #1:

365 Snailgram 1 April 2014

Photo taken on Table Mountain on the side of Devil’s Peak.
“For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.”
Psalm 138:2b (NKJV)

Postcard #2:

365 Snailgram 2 April 2014

Photo taken at the flower sellers in Cape Town.
“They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.”
Psalm 36:8 (NKJV)

Postcard #3:

365 Snailgram 3 April 2014

Photo taken at the Helderberg Nature Reserve.
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31 (NKJV)

Postcard #4:

365 Snailgram 4 April 2014

Photo taken at the Helderberg Nature Reserve.
“For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”” Romans 1:17 (NKJV)

Postcard #5:

365 Snailgram 5 April 2014

Photo taken on Sarrisam, early in the morning.
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalms 23:1 (NKJV)

Postcard #6:

Snailgram 6 April 2014

Photo taken at the top of Platteklip Gorge on Table Mountain, early in the morning.
“I will lift up my eyes to the hills – From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth”
Psalm 121:1-2 (NKJV)

Postcard #7:

Snailgram 7 April 2014

Seagull in flight with Devil’s Peak in the background.
“As each one has received a gift minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”
1 Peter 4:10 (NKJV)

Postcard #8:

Snailgram 8 April 2014

Building taken at sunset in Strand, South Africa.
“redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
Ephesians 5:16 (NKJV)

Postcard #9:

Snailgram 9 April 2014

King Protea with dew drops, taken early morning in the Helderberg Nature Reserve.
“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”
Galatians 6:9

Postcard #10:

Snailgram 10 April 2014

Strand beach, South Africa.
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV)

Postcard #11:

Snailgram 11 April 2014

Mr Penguin at Strand beach.
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV)

Postcard #12:

Snailgram 12 April 2014

Lion’s Head at sunset.
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 (NKJV)

Postcard #13:

Snailgram 13 April 2014

St. George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, South Africa
“One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.” Psalms 27:4

Postcard #14:

Snailgram 14 April 2014

Water lily taken at Silvermine Nature Reserve, Cape Town, South Africa
“I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope.” Psalms 16:8-9 (NKJV)

Postcard #15:

Snailgram 15 April 2014

Shoes, somewhere on a street in Cape Town.
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;” Philippians 4:6 (NKJV)

Postcard #16:

Snailgram 16 April 2014

A tree at sunrise on the side of Lion’s Head, Cape Town.
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;” Philippians 4:6 (NKJV)

Postcard #17:

Snailgram 17 April 2014

Penguins at Betty’s Bay, South Africa.
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” James 1:17 (NKJV)

Postcard #18:

365 Snailgram 18 April 2014

Graffiti by Faith47 in Cape Town, South Africa.
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” James 1:17 (NKJV)

Postcard #19:

365 Snailgram 19 April 2014

A friend jumping at sunset on the beach in Strand, South Africa.
“I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring;” Isaiah 44:3 (NKJV)

Cape Town Train Station, Cape Town, South Africa.
“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with loving kindess I have drawn you.” Jeremiah 31:3 (NKJV)

Postcard #22:

365 Snailgram 22 April 2014

Table Mountain from Blouberg Beach.
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.” Isaiah 43:1 (NKJV)

Postcard #23:

365 Snailgram 23 April 2014

Seashells on Strand beach, Cape Town, South Africa
“Beloved, if God so loved us, wealso ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:11

Postcard #24:

365 Snailgram 24 April 2014

The Afrikaans Language Monument, Paarl, South Africa
“No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has beenperfected in us.” 1 John 4:12

Postcard #25:

365 Snailgram 25 April 2014

Power, Sunrise, Cape Town, South Africa
“In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.” 1 John 4:9

Postcard #26:

365 Snailgram 26 April 2014

Daisy, Parow, South Africa
“Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young – Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, My King and my God.” Psalms 84:3 (NKJV)

Postcard #27:

365 Snailgram 27 April 2014

Door in Paris, France.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him and he with Me.”Revelation 3:20 (NKJV)

Postcard #28:

365 Snailgram 28 April 2014

Sacre Coeur, Paris, France
“The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.” Deuteronomy 28:8 (NKJV)

Postcard #29:

365 Snailgram 29 April 2014

The Louvre, Paris, France
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6

Postcard #30:

365 Snailgram 30 April 2014

Paris as seen from the Eiffel Tower, France
“And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 3:3-5 (NKJV)

Here are some postcard designs that I did. They have all been posted. If you would like to buy some printed postcards, send me a message from the contact form. It is R15 for one & R140 for 10 postcards.